A bioabsorbable sheet was sutured to cover the right-sided mediastinal pleurectomy defect, whereas not in a control. There was a significant difference in mediastinal adhesions with a lung between the groups. Our findings suggested that the sheet may prevent postoperative adhesions between the mediastinum and a lung.

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eng

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Springer Japan

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Thoracotomy

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Adhesion

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Mediastinum

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Lung

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A successful attempt to prevent postoperative adhesions between the mediastinum and a lung: a canine model.